HC Deb 06 April 1989 vol 150 cc259-60W
101. Mrs. Maureen Hicks

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the major businesses which have been privatised since 1979.

162. Mr. McLoughlin

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the major businesses which have been privatised since 1979.

165. Mr. Hannam

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the major businesses which have been privatised since 1979.

180. Mr. Gow

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the major businesses which have been privatised since 1979.

Mr. Norman Lamont

Nineteen major businesses have been privatised since 1979. These are:

  • British Aerospace (1981 and 1985)
  • Cable and Wireless (1981, 1983 and 1985)
  • National Freight Consortium (1982)
  • Britoil (1982 and 1985)
  • Amersham International (1982)
  • Associated British Ports (1983 and 1984)
  • Enterprise Oil (1984)
  • Sealink (1984)
  • Jaguar (1984)
  • British Telecom (1984)
  • British Shipbuilders warship yards (1984–85)
  • British Gas (1986)
  • National Bus Company (1986–88)
  • British Airways (1987)
  • Royal Ordnance (1987)
  • Rolls-Royce (1987)
  • BAA (1987)
  • Rover Group (1988)
  • British Steel (1988)